BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Word Detective: Searching for the Meaning of it All at the Oxford English Dictiona
THE WORD DETECTIVE: SEARCHING FOR THE MEANING OF IT ALL AT THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY By John Simpson Basic Books, $27.99, 364 pages In 1976, when John Simpson, answering an ad in The Times ...
Dictionaries may not fall into the category of who-dunnits and thrillers, but “The Word Detective: Searching for the Meaning of It All at the Oxford English Dictionary” proves John Simpson is a worthy ...
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